Politics

A high court in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has sentenced former state governor Barrister Bala James Ngillari to five years in jail without option of fine over corruption-related cases. …

The reward system that pegs minimum wage at N18, 000 for civil servants, while state governors rake in “as much as N2 billion” as bogus security vote is antithetical to …

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State says the Chocolate City boss, Audu Maikori, and others will be prosecuted for their roles in the Southern Kaduna crisis. The governor disclosed this …

A Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged 35 Biafra agitators charged with conspiracy to commit treasonable felony, for want of diligent prosecution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified media reports that he is pushing for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction in 2019. In a recent interview with journalists, Mr. Obasanjo said …

The, APC, will hold its mid-term non-elective National Convention on April 29, 2017 in Abuja. This was revealed by the Governor of Zamfara State, Yari Abubakar, shortly after the governors …

Ex-military governor of Kaduna state, Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, has praised Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for “setting the country on the path of positive change”. In a statement on Thursday, Umar …

A former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, on Wednesday, asked Federal High Court Lagos, for an order to separate her charges from that of former Minister of Aviation, …

APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has ruled out the chances of contesting against President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. President Buhari, who is currently receiving treatment in the UK, …

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Tuesday, landed the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court over a suit seeking to sack him from office for alleged “electoral fraud”. A …